BUZZARDS BAY, Mass -- The Buccaneers hosted Fitchburg State on Saturday at Hendy Field for a MASCAC doubleheader. A struggling Falcons squad got the best of the Buccaneers, sweeping the twinbill, 10-3 and 11-1.

Game One

The Basics

Final: Falcons 10, Buccaneers 3

Records: Maritime 15-13 (7-9)

               Fitchburg 6-22 (4-12)

On The Mound

Maritime: Sean Hallissey (L, 2-3): 5 IP | 7 H | 4 R | 4 ER | 3 BB | 4 K

Fitchburg: Adam Wholley (W, 1-3): 7 IP | 6 H | 3 R | 1 ER | 1 BB | 9 K

Inside The Numbers

Maritime

• Nate Kaczynski and Kevin Heine had two-hit games in the loss. Damon White and Michael Logiudice had one hit each.
• Kaczynski recorded a double, the only extra-base hit of the game for Maritime.
• Kaczynski and Heine drove in a run apiece.
• White, Logiudice, and Kaczynski scored the three Buccaneer runs. 

Fitchburg

• Joseph Abt led all hitters with three base hits in the game. Tyler Fonck, Michael Cooper, and Casey Bellew each had two hits. Four other Falcons had one hit.
• Liam Currier hit a grand slam, the only extra-base hit for the Falcons. 
• Currier drove in four runs, Maxwell Riordan drove in two, and Fonck, Cooper, and Brady Campbell each drove in one.
• Jason Kelly and Bellew scored two runs each. Six other Fitchburg base runners came in to score.
• Abt and Bellew had a stolen base.

How It Happened

The Buccaneers opened the scoring in the bottom of the first inning, opening up a three-run lead. On a sacrifice bunt, Logiudice reached first base on an error, and White came in to score. Then, Kaczynski doubled to drive in Logiudice, and Heine finished the scoring on an RBI single to right field that scored Kaczynski. The Bucs led 3-0 after one inning of play.

After a scoreless second and third innings, the Falcons answered in the top of the fourth, getting one run on a bases-loaded walk of Riordan that drove in Kelly. Maritime led, 3-1, through four.

Fitchburg got more back in the top of the fifth inning, and took their first, and last, lead of the game. One run came in on a Bucs miscue, then Fonck singled in Bellew. Riordan hit a sacrifice fly to centerfield to score Kelly, and the Falcons led, 4-3. 

In the top of the seventh inning, Fitchburg scored six runs, including four on Currier's grand slam, and the Falcons opened their lead to seven runs, 10-3. 

The guests held on to that lead and won game one by the same score.

Game Two

The Basics

Final: Falcons 11, Buccaneers 1

Records: Maritime 15-14 (7-10)

              Fitchburg 7-22 (5-12)

On the Mound

Maritime: Ben Zschau (L, 1-3): 3.1 IP | 7 H | 7 R | 6 ER | 1 BB | 1 K

Fitchburg: William Ernst (W, 3-5): 7 IP | 3 H | 1 R | 0 ER | 0 BB | 5 K

Inside the Numbers

Maritime

• Damon White, Nate Kaczynski, and Brayden Ramsey had the only hits in the game for the Bucs.
• Ramsey drove in the lone run for the hosts in the loss.
• Kaczynski scored the one run in the game.

Fitchburg

• Joseph Abt had five hits in the win. Maxwell Riordan and Michael Cooper added two base knocks. Three other Falcons had one hit.
• Brady Campbell had a double, the only extra-base hit in the game.
• Abt, Campbell, and Liam Currier each drove in two runs. Jason Kelly and Cooper drove in one.
• Three Falcons scored twice, five others scored once.
• Abt stole four bases in the game. Riordan swiped two bags, and Kelley, Cooper, Casey Bellew, and Currier had one steal.

How It Happened

Fitchburg put two runs on the board in the top of the first inning to take a 2-0 lead early.

In the top of the second, they added two more runs to go up 4-0.

After a scoreless third, the guests added three more runs in the fourth to extend their lead to 7-0. In the bottom of the fourth, Ramsey hit an RBI single to left field to bring in Kaczynski and get the Buccaneers on the board. Fitchburg led 7-1 through four.

The Falcons went on to score two more runs in the sixth and two more in the seventh to win game two, 11-1, and sweep the conference doubleheader.

What's Next

Maritime hosts Westfield State on Monday, April 20th, for a conference doubleheader beginning at noon.